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As part of efforts to ensure quality access to the EAZ, the City of Dublin has proactively worked to facilitate transportation upgrades in the area. Through the cooperation of the Ohio Department of Transportation in 2005, the City obtained to fast-track completion of approved designs for the interchange area. Following its approval, modifications were then made and approved by the State of Ohio to include modern roundabouts instead of signal control at the off-ramps in September 2006. Since that time, Dublin has completed two of three phases for the interchange design. Initial work focused on the relocation of Liggett Road to prepare for the eastern off-ramp. Phase 2 resulted in the relocation of Industrial Parkway to the west and the

widening of SR 161 between Eiterman Road and Cosgray Road. This key segment of SR 161 provides the main entrance into the northern edge of the EAZ. Completion of these first two phases will provide improved traffic management for the near future. Reconstruction of the interchange deck and ramps will be the final phase to be programmed. The combination of projects, estimated at nearly $50 million dollars, is the single-largest amount of money Dublin has ever dedicated to a single capital project. Given growth expectations for the EAZ and the remainder of the U.S. 33 Corridor, the return on this investment is important to the City’s continued financial stability.

Two of three construction phases have been completed at the U.S. 33 / SR 161 interchange to enhance traffic movement into the EAZ.